Chapter 9Edu TechRemote Learning
At the beginning of the twentieth century, educators found that as students multiplied in classrooms, they could not retain what was being taught. The number of students had risen dramatically. Student–teacher ratios were going up by the day. It was becoming extremely difficult to assess if the students had understood and retained what they had learned in the classroom. So, educators started looking for alternative methods for teaching and testing students.
Education Through Radio and Television
During the First World War, the US Army was looking to increase the efficiency of the recruitment process and move away from the time-consuming written and oral examination system. Dr. ...
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